About British Krav Maga
About Us
British Krav Maga is an Association of Krav Maga schools and Instructors teaching Krav Maga as founded by Imi Sde Or. We offer safe, credible, self defence training via the method of Krav Maga.
Integrity
We are aware of a range of organisations and individuals promoting a range of weekend or 5 day ‘Instructor’ courses. These lack credibility or any meaningful standard.
British Krav Maga Instructors and practitioners must be able to competently demonstrate the ability to protect themselves under realistic conditions. This expectation is laid out in the national standards we are assessed against. We are also the only organisation recognised by the Ministry of Defence to receive funding for Instructor Training Courses.
Our Purpose
British Krav Maga provides professional Self Defence training to adults and Youths at locations across the UK. We offer challenging, well structured classes and courses run by skilled professional coaches.
Politics
British Krav Maga is British martial arts body. We have no involvement or remit relating to Middle Eastern politics.
As a sporting body we are not affiliated to any political organisation, Israeli or otherwise.
We are an open and inclusive organisation welcoming people of all abilities, ethnicities and backgrounds to train with us. Like other sporting bodies we believe politics has no place in training.
National Standards
All certified British Krav Maga schools deliver training from a research-based, empirically driven curricula of training. British Krav Maga test Instructors and students against consistent national standards across the UK.
Lineage
Our Krav Maga lineage originally came directly through Eyal Yanilov and Amnon Darsa, direct students of Imi Sde Or. Later training was effected significantly by Instructors Thierry Viatour (RIP) and Jon Pascal of Darren Levene’s Krav Maga Worldwide
Our Krav Maga lineage can be traced directly back to the founder Imi Sde Or.
Evidence based Training
The National Curricula reflects the nature of street violence as experienced in the UK. The curricula is structured around current crime statistics, member surveys and contemporary research into human performance under pressure.
Instructor Certification
British Krav Maga has one of the most credible and professional Instructor Development programmes in the UK. The Instructor Development Programme is a highly detailed course taking potential instructors through an accelerated programme of teaching practice, training and theory elements.
More information on the Krav Maga Instructor Development process can be found here.[LINK]
